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Shooter, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
OpenCritic84IGDB83
Control is a third-person action-adventure game set in the Federal Bureau of Control, a secretive U.S. government agency that studies paranormal phenomena. Players control Jesse Faden, who arrives at the Bureau's headquarters, the Oldest House, to find it invaded by a hostile force called the Hiss.
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Richly built, plot-driven, dark and epic.
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Giant BombJeff GerstmannOct 20195/5 starsControl feels like Remedy firing on all cylinders, resulting in a smart and sensational action-adventure.
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StevivorSteve WrightAug 201910/10Control shows not only Remedy’s growth as a studio, but studio head Sam Lake’s as a writer, building and greatly expanding upon concepts started in Alan Wake and flirted with in Quantum Break.
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EGMMichael GoroffAug 201910/10Control is Remedy at the height of its abilities. Finally, the studio's expert handling of tone and story is met with gameplay that's just as engaging and refined. As an experiment in nonlinear world design, Control doesn't just stick with tried-and-true waypoints and forests. Its Oldest House is a brutalist masterpiece, and the characters inhabiting it are just as unforgettable. All told, it's going to be one of the most memorable games of the year.
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We Got This CoveredDylan ChaundyAug 20192/5 starsThanks to poor "bigger is better" design choices, technical gaffes, obtuse exploration, a bromidic narrative, and zero atmosphere, Control is soul-crushingly disappointing, and a mere shadow of the studio's far superior Alan Wake.
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Rely On HorrorRourke KeeganSep 20194/10Enter the surreal horror world of Control, the latest game from Remedy... a game that has near universal praise. But what did we think of it? Oh... oh no...
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IGDB rating 8.3/10 from 966 ratings.
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